[Commlist] vacancy: Professor for digital journalism at the University of Hamburg

Vacancy: Professor for digital journalism at the University of Hamburg

Universität Hamburg is dedicated to sustainability, equal opportunity, 
and family-friendly policies. We also prize cultural diversity, 
communication, and interaction among people from different backgrounds 
and with different lifestyles. The Faculty of Business, Economics and 
Social Sciences invites applications for a

PROFESSORSHIP (W2) FOR  JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, WITH A 
FOCUS ON DIGITAL JOURNALISM

commencing as soon as possible.

Responsibilities: The successful candidate is expected to teach and 
conduct research in journalism and communication studies with a focus on 
developments, possibilities, and challenges in the field of digital 
journalism. Professorial responsibilities include participation in the 
Universität Hamburg digitalization strategy. Relevant research areas 
include new forms of journalistic investigation and presentation such as 
data journalism, investigative networks, cross- and multimedia formats, 
as well as new journalistic models of organization and financing and the 
impact of changed media usage patterns and intermediary platforms on 
journalism. The research should address practical challenges of digital 
journalism, whereas the teaching should focus on the practical relevance 
of journalism and communication research.

The successful candidate is desired to contribute to the profile 
initiative Labor and Social Change.

Requirements:  Academic qualifications and additional requirements as 
specified in Section 15 HmbHG.

Additional criteria:  Applicants are expected to have an international 
research profile with a track record of English language publications, 
in leading journals of communication and journalism studies. Applicants 
are expected to have a successful track record in acquiring external 
funding and carrying out externally funded projects. The University 
places particular emphasis on the quality of teaching. Advanced 
knowledge of and interest in the development of digital methods (e.g., 
automated content analysis, web ethnography, network analysis) are very 
desirable. Experience in journalism and applied journalism and media 
research as well as cooperation with media partners is advantageous.

The application deadline is 18 April 2019.

For further information, please see the full call for applications: 
https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/uhh/stellenangebote.html

Or contact Prof. Dr. Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw at +49 40 
42838-4691 or (Katharina.Kleinen /at/ uni-hamburg.de).

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*Prof. Dr. Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw*

*Prodekanin Studium und Lehre Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und 
Sozialwissenschaften*

*Professur für Journalistik/Kommunikationswissenschaft, insb. 
digitalisierte Kommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit
*Universität Hamburg**

(Katharina.kleinen /at/ uni-hamburg.de) <mailto:(Katharina.kleinen /at/ uni-hamburg.de)>

Allende Platz 1, 20146 Hamburg; Raum: 237

Tel: +49 40 42838 4691

*Neueste Veröffentlichungen:*
How news media (de-)legitimize national and international climate 
politics – A content analysis of newspaper coverage in five countries
(with Senja Post & Mike S. Schäfer). /International Communication 
Gazette/, /81/(7), 1-23. 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1748048518825092

Incidental News Exposure on Facebook as a Social Experience: The 
Influence of Recommender and Media Cues on News Selection
(with Johannes Kaiser & Tobias Keller). /Communication Research/. Online 
first: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650218803529

Pseudo-discursive, mobilizing, emotional, and entertaining: identifying 
four successful communication styles of political actors on social media
during the 2015 Swiss national elections (with Tobias Keller). /Journal 
of Information Technology & Politics/.
Online First: 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2018.1510355

Between guilt and obligation: Debating the responsibility for climate 
change and climate politics in the media (with Senja Post & Mike S. 
Schäfer).

/Environmental Communication/, 1-18, Online-First: 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524032.2018.1446037

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